Improvement in washing-machines



A. UDELL.

Washing-Machine.

Patented .lune 8,1875.

VYT esses z PATENT ABIEL ODELL, OF LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Spc cicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. l 64,322, dated June 8,1875; application iiled May 2, 1874.

To all whom vif may concern:

Be it known that I, ABIEL ODELL, of Liverpool, in the county of Medinaand State ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlashing-Machines; and do hereby declare the following to be a fulldcscription of the invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specitication.

My invention relates to washing-machines, and consists in certainimprovements in the construction of the same, as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, Figure l isa side view of the machine attached to a tub, the latter being shown insection. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line a: in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is anend view, partly broken away.

In the drawing referred to, A designates the casing, and B the uprightend pieces. C indicates the main roller, extending lengthwise within thecasing, and having bearings in slots f in the said end pieces. .lhe saidroller is grooved or ribbed longitudinally, as shown in the drawing, andis provided with a crank, E, by which the machine is operated. A numberof smaller rollers, c, are also placed within the casing, extending fromend to end, and having bearings in the upright end pieces. These rollersc are corrugated or ribbed transversely and arranged on the arc of acircle, just below the main roller C, as shown in Fig. 2. The uprightend pieces B are tubular, each having a circular vertical aperture, b,within which is placed a spring, d, supported by a block, e, resting onthe shaft or journal of roller C; said end pieces have also the verticalslots fand metallic plates g, thus allowing the main roller an upwardmotion when themachine is operated. `The bottom h is curvilinear, thelowest point being in the center, where it has the aperture i for anoutlet. The side pieces K have the extensions lc k', which rest on thetop of the tub when the machine is in position. The extensions 7c areprovided with the slots m, in which pass the springs l, the said slotsbeing intended to adjust the machine to tubs of various sizes. Themachine is attached to a tub by putting the loop Z on the catch a',placing the hooks ot' the spring l in the slots m, and pressing the eyeof the spring downward and passing it onto the pin or catch n. The saidspring lis ofthe form shown in the drawing, having right-angled arms,the upper extremities being hooked, the whole being of one piece ofsteel, forming a irm connection with the tub, and yet susceptible ot'extension. The small rollers c being corrugated or ribbed transversely,as shown, the clothes are conveyed more directly through under the mainroller when machine is in operation, with but little liability todamage.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a washing-machine, thecombination of the side pieces having the extensions 7c k and slots m,the rectangular-hooked springfastening l, pin n, loop Z', catch n', andtub, constructed as shown.

2. In a Washing-machine having the end pieces B, the combination ot' themain roller C, grooved lengthwise, as shown, and the small rollers c,ribbed or corrugated transversely, as shown, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this16th day of April, 157i.

ABIEL ODELL. lVitnesses:

ANDREW I. PEITCHARD, N. J. PRIOHARD.

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